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The 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act’s repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate penalty, effective in 2019, has garnered widespread concern regarding its impact on the future of employer-provided health coverage.

An obvious ripple effect is the continued viability of the employer shared responsibility mandate and the role that might play in employers’ decisions to offer health plans to employees, as well as management of rising costs if young and healthy individuals do not purchase health insurance in the marketplace or even enroll in a plan via an employer’s offer of coverage.

Employers and their advisers should evaluate now how its repeal may have long-term impact on benefit programs and any communications regarding them.